Harness attachment.



No. 777,325. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. A. ARTER. HARNEEW ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1904. no MODEL.

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Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHEUS AFTER, OF LISBON, OHIO.

HARNES$ ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lett rs Patent No. 777,325, dated December13, 1904.

Application filed June 3, 1904.. $erlal1lo. 211,000. (No model.)

' rable members inclosing roller or antifrictional means have beenemployed. The operation of these devices has been more or less tediousin applying a line or spreader-strap thereto and in pursuing thedisassociation of said parts.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly strong,durable,and yet simple and economical line guide or spreader to whichthe rein or line can be easily and quickly applied without requiring aseparation of the parts or removing or unbuclrling the supporting orhanger strap or connection.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guide having suchconstruction that the line or spreader-strap may be readily insertedtherein or separated therefrom without requiring such line or strap tobe unbuckled.

The invention primarily consists of a frame or supporting means of apractically rigid character having antifrictional devices supportedthereby and separated by a space sufliciently wide to permit theinsertion and withdrawal therebetween of a rein or line when the latteris disposed edgewise without requiring movement or adjustment of saidantifrictionaldevices from their normal position.

The invention further consists in the de tails of construction andarrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafterset forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a guide embodying thefeatures of the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the guide,showing the manner of inserting and withdrawing the rein or line indotted lines and said rein or line in normal position in full- 5 linesection.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken centrally through the guide. Fig.4; is a front elevation of the guide-frame, showing the antifrictionaldevices removed.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a guide-frame having a head 2 with a slot 3therein for the attachment of a hanger-strap, chain, or other analogousdevice. posite portions of the head is a pair of legs 4, each of whichhas an inwardly-pro ectmg bearin -stud 5,extending only partially acrossthe space between the legs, so that an opening will be formed betweenthe inner terminals of the said studs. Antifrictional devices, in thepresent instance in the form of rollers, are held on the bearing-studs 5and are of such width as to provide a space or throat 7 between them.Between the rollers 6 and the head 2 an unobstructed opening 8 is formedfor the reception of the rein or line, and communicating with the saidopening is a central slot or recess 9, formed in said head for the purpose of permitting the rein or line to be disposed edgewise in avertical direction in withdrawing or applying the same with respect tothe guide.

The rollers 6 are applied to the studs 5 when the legs 4: are initiallybent outwardly; but after the legs have been struck in or disposed inparallelism the rollers are maintained in constant spaced relation andeiiiciently oper ate as antifrictional means to obviate wear on theline, rein, or strap engaging the same during longitur'linal movementthrough the guide.

When the rein, line, or strap is inserted in the guide, it is arrangededgewise in a vertical direction and pushed between the inner opposingfaces of the rollers, the upper edge being caused to enter the slot orrecess 9 to permit the lower edge to be cleared from the rollers. Fromthis position the line, rein, or strap is turned until it becomeshorizontally disposed. In withdrawing the line or rein it is againarranged in edgewise relation to the space or throat between the rollersand pressed downwardly between the latter.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a rein, line, or strap may bequickly applied to 100 Depending from the opor withdrawn from the guidewithout requiring a separation of the parts of the latter, and, further,the cost of manufacture or production of the guide is reduced to aminimum in view of the absence of movable members or pivoted parts. Itwill also be understood that changes in the proportions and dimensionsmay be resorted to at will.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1.A guide for the purpose set forth, having transversely-extendingantifrictional devices with a throat between the inner opposing facesthereof.

2. A guide for the purpose set forth, having a rigid frame carryingtransversely-extending antifrictional devices spaced apart to form anentrance and exit throat for the frame.

3. A guide, having a rigid frame terminally carrying transverselyextending antifrictional devices spaced apart from each other to form anentrance and exit throat for the frame.

4. A guide having arigid supporting means and a pair of antifrictionaldevices held at one extremity of said means, the inner opposing faces ofsaid antifrictional devices being spaced apart from each other to form athroat.

5. A guide for the purpose set forth having a rigid supporting means,and transverselyalined antifrictional devices with an intervening spacebetween their inner opposing faces.

6. A guide for the purpose set forth having a supporting means, andterminal transverselyextending rollers spaced apart to form a throat Iextending longitudinally of the guide.

7. A guide for the purpose set forth having a supporting means, andtransversely-extending antifrictional devices having their inner endsspaced apart from each other to form a passage centrally disposed withrelation to the supporting means.

8. A guide for the purpose set forth having a supporting means withaclearance-recess at one extremity, and antifrictional devices arrangedat the opposite extremity and provided with a throat between their inneropposing faces in alinement with said recess.

9. A guide for the purpose set forth, having a rigid frame with arecessed head at one extremity, and antifrictional devices held in theopposite extremity of the frame and spaced apart from each other to forma throat in line with said recess, the frame having an openingtherethrough between the head and the antifrictional devices.

10. Aguide for the purpose set forth having a supporting means, androllers forming the closure for one end of the supporting means andprovided with a throat between the inner opposing surfaces thereof.

11. A guide for the purpose set forth having a rigid frame with legs,and transversely-extending antifrictional devices held by the terminalsof said legs and spaced apart to form an entrance and exit throat at oneend of the guide.

12. In aguide for the purpose set forth, a rigid frame having a head atone end formed with a clearance-recess and also provided with legs, andantifrictional devices held by the terminals of said legs, the inneropposing faces of said antifriction al devices being spaced apart fromeach other to form a throat.

13. In a guide for the purpose set forth, a rigid frame having legs withinwardly-projecting terminal studs, and transversely-extendingantifrictional devices held on the said studs, the inner opposing facesof said antifrictional devices being spaced apart from each other toform a throat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALPHEUS ARTER. Witnesses:

JAMES G. MOORE, D. HOWARD FREW.

